About URC:
University Research Co., LLC (URC) is a global company founded in the United States in 1965 dedicated to improving the quality of health care, social services, and health education worldwide. With a non-profit affiliate, the Center for Human Services (CHS), URC manages projects in over 45 countries, including the United States. URC provides a range of technical assistance to strengthen health and social systems and service quality by empowering communities and health workers to identify and scale up locally appropriate solutions to critical problems.
About USAID SUSTAIN Project:
University Research Co., LLC (URC), a US-based public health organization working in Uganda since 2005, is implementing the USAID-funded Strengthening Uganda’s Systems for Treating AIDS Nationally (SUSTAIN) project. The USAID SUSTAIN Project ending December 2016 supports delivery of quality HIV prevention, treatment, care and laboratory services at selected regional referral and general hospitals.
Job Summary: The Interns will support the USAID/SUSTAIN Project supported hospitals across Uganda as they grow their careers in biostatistics, Monitoring and Evaluation and data management. The interns will work closely with their mentors and SUSTAIN M&E specialists and during their internship, the objective is to: develop new talents in data management, M&E and biostatistics from the pool of brilliant young graduates that are fresh from the university, have no experience but are highly motivated and have a passion for these three fields. This will enhance the aim of building local capacity and shaping the future’s manpower especially in areas of; planning, programming, biostatistics, M&E, data management, data quality assurance, data analysis, reporting, and presentation of results through these young graduates interested in developing their career in these three fields where they will be trained, mentored and groomed for the same.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
The applicants for the Internship jobs should be Ugandan graduates who at least hold a second class upper Honors degree in the following; Statistics, Quantitative Economics, Demography, Economics and Econometrics.
Excellent computer literacy skills i.e. proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, and have practical ability to use at least one statistical analysis software).
All applicants that still need to finish or qualify for a Degree should not apply.
Age: Between 20-30 years
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their cover letters, curriculum vitae, copies of academic credentials and contact information for three professional references in the subject line addressed to:
Human Resource & Administration Coordinator,
University Research Co., LLC – Centre for Human Services,
Plot 7 Ntinda View Crescent, Naguru
Kampala, Uganda.
E-mail to: hr-uganda@urc-chs.com
Deadline: 26th February, 2016 by 12:00 pm